Problem Child (1990) | How Woke Is It?

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Problem Child1990

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What We Think

Problem Child is a prime example of old-school, non-woke comedy, gleefully irreverent but never preachy. It doesn’t engage in modern virtue signaling or identity politics, keeping its focus squarely on slapstick humor and the breakdown of social order. A relic from a simpler (and less ideological) time.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Problem Child stays very far from today's usual tropes of forced representation or identity politics. The film focuses on its characters' personalities and comedic chaos, not on virtue signaling or ticking diversity boxes. Its humor is often irreverent and at times politically incorrect by today's standards.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The movie presents a traditional family (flawed though it may be), pokes fun at authority and societal norms, but doesn't subvert or undermine masculinity, family, religion, or fundamental cultural principles. The humor is silly, not agenda-driven.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There's no obvious agenda or preachy message. Antagonists include both the uptight, judgmental types and lawless troublemakers, making fun of everyone equally. Alternative perspectives exist, mostly as foils for the anarchy. No ideological uniformity in sight.

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